[Roundup] ☘️ March 2024 ☘️ Product Updates and New Features

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Hi Sellers,

Welcome to April! Here is the monthly roundup of all the new features and product updates posted in the US Seller Community in March 2024.

The Roundup

1. [Update] Restaurant POS Redesign
2. [New] Square KDS now available with Square for Retail
3. [New] Offline dip & tap payments on Square Reader and Square Stand
4. [New] Square Online Checkout is now Square Payment Links
5. [New] Assign permissions to your newly created team members
6. [Coming soon] Percentage-based tip pooling
7. [New] Team Plus renamed to Advanced Access
8. [New] Beta Hub in Dashboard
9. [New] Authorized representatives for Square Support

1. [Update] Restaurant POS Redesign

🏷 Square Restaurant POS

As we mentioned in January, we redesigned the Square Restaurants POS to make it easier to navigate and stay productive throughout service. This redesign includes highly requested features and a new look and feel that will appear on all of your devices starting March 5, 2024.

➡️ Read the full update 

2. [New] Square KDS now available with Square for Retail

🏷️ Square Retail POS

We’re excited to announce that you can now link Square’s Kitchen Display System to your Square for Retail POS, allowing you to send orders to the kitchen and make retail sales all in one transaction. With Square KDS, you can connect to your Square Retail POS to allow you to access the retail-specific features you need to run your business while also getting you what you need to run your kitchen. 

➡️ Read the full update

3. [New] Offline dip & tap payments on Square Reader and Square Stand

🏷️ Square Reader, Square Stand

We’ve rolled out a new feature – offline payments – that enables you to take dip and tap payments on Square Stand (2nd generation) and Square Reader for contactless and chip (2nd generation and 1st generation, v3) when you do not have internet connection. Offline payments are already available on Square Register and Square Terminal, and we are excited for the expansion of this feature! 

➡️ Read the full update

4. [New] Square Online Checkout is now Square Payment Links

🏷️ Square Online Checkout

To better represent what businesses like yours appreciate most about Square Online Checkout —getting paid online fast with a simple payment link—we’re changing the product name to Square Payment Links. You’ll still enjoy the same benefits, now just with a new name. Plus, check out some recent improvements designed to help you get the most out of payment links.

➡️ Read the full update

5. [New] Assign permissions to your newly created team members

🏷️ Square Team Management

Assigning permissions to your newly created team members just got easier! When creating team members, you will be prompted to see three permission levels when creating new permission sets. You can still configure individual permissions after selecting a starting point. This experience also applies if you create permissions directly in the Permissions page under Staff & Payroll > Team. 

➡️ Read the full update

6. [Coming soon] Percentage-based tip pooling

🏷️ Square Subscriptions

We’ve heard your feedback and are excited to introduce our newest feature, tip pooling by percentage, which will be released in the upcoming weeks. This feature will be available with a Shifts Plus, Restaurants Plus, or Appointments Premium subscription. 

➡️ Read the full update

7. [New] Team Plus renamed to Advanced Access

🏷️ Square Online

Starting March 27, 2024, the subscription known as Team Plus will be renamed to Advanced Access in the US. Sellers who are using a Team Plus subscription today will see their plan now be renamed to Advanced Access under Accounts and Subscriptions. There will be no other changes to this subscription’s pricing and packaging, and if you are using the subscription today, the existing features will remain the same which includes: unlimited custom permission sets, access to team member badges, team member activity log, and team sales report. 

➡️ Read the full update

8. [New] Beta Hub in Dashboard

🏷️ Square Dashboard

We’ve made it easier to discover and participate in beta programs at Square via the Beta Hub in Dashboard. Help us help you. Beta programs offer a sneak peek at what our teams are working on. Joining a beta program as a beta tester helps us learn more about what’s going well and what’s not, ensuring that we’re building what you and your business needs. 

➡️ Read the full update

9. [New] Authorized representatives for Square Support

🏷️ Square Seller Community

Creating authorized representatives to call into Square Support on your behalf just got easier! Authorized representatives are team members who can reach out to Square Support on your behalf. We have made improvements to team member setup, allowing you to designate team members as authorized representatives and assign them permissions in one unified flow. 

➡️ Read the full update

 

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